We’ve talked a lot about the Syracuse Orange’s tempo on offense and the importance of running the ball successfully. We expected the game against the Holy Cross Raiders would allow the Orange the opportunity to correct these issues. What we got was a lot more of the same inefficiency on first downs.
1st down offense vs Holy Cross
| 1st Half | Pass (Incomplete) | 0 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Incomplete) | 0 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Jackson) | 14 |
| 1st Half | Run (Neal) | 4 |
| 1st Half | Run (Neal) | 5 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Jackson) | 17 |
| 1st Half | Run (Neal) | 5 |
| 1st Half | Run (DeVito) | 12 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Incomplete) | 0 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Harris) | 23 |
| 1st Half | Run (Adams) | 11 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Incomplete) | 0 |
| 1st Half | Run (DeVito) | 5 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Neal) | 7 |
| 1st Half | Pass (Neal) | -6 |
| 1st Half Run | 6 | 42 |
| 1st Half Pass | 9 | 55 |
| 1st Half Total | 15 | 97 |
| 2nd Half | Run (Neal) | 2 |
| 2nd Half | Pass (Harris) | 3 |
| 2nd Half | Run (Adams) | 4 |
| 2nd Half | Pass (Incomplete) | 0 |
| 2nd Half | Run (Neal) | 2 |
| 2nd Half | Run (Neal) | 3 |
| 2nd Half | Pass (Jackson) | 6 |
| 2nd Half | Pass (S. |